Here are some information on what our cats produced
and can not produced based on their genetics and pedigrees. We will
first start with what colors our Persians produced and can't produced
and then what colors our Turkish Angora can produced and can't produced.

Base 101 Cat Color Genetics

OUR PERSIANS

When we get requests for Persian kittens most common
honest mistake happens is a person asking us if we have whites with
green eyes or do we have a color that is not possible to produced
like Himalayan colors or gray or black or red or cream. To save the
person some time here's some basic cat color genetics information
we will offer and make it fun and simple as possible.

White is a masking of color meaning if you picture an
orange (red) or gray (blue) or black cat dipped in bleach to make
it white. In order to get a white you MUST have a white parent. Here's
the color standard from CFA describing the color white.

SHADED SILVER: undercoat white with a mantle of black
tipping shading down from sides, face, and tail from dark on the ridge
to white on the chin, chest, stomach, and under the tail. Legs to
be the same tone as the face. The general effect to be much darker
than a chinchilla. Rims of eyes, lips, and nose outlined with BLACK.
Nose leather: BRICK RED. Paw pads: BLACK. Eye color: GREEN or BLUE
GREEN

Here are some photos between a chinchilla silver and
a white Persians below.

Chinchilla Silver Male

Copper- Eyed White Female (Kitty Charm Cattery)

As you can see they look similar BUT if you look closer
you will see the silver has black rimmed eyes and silver tipped coat
while the white has pink rimmed eyes and pure white coat.

Silver and Golden Persian breeders must have the knowledge
and genetic understanding of properly producing beautifully correct
color silver and golden Persians but still keeping the cute persian
look. We can't just breed these guys to any other color other then
chinchilla and shaded silver or golden Persians. We will add another
color persian once in a while to add strength to our lines but when
we do that, it's like taken one forward and two steps back. We will
have to wait about 2 generations in order to get the color back correctly
including the green eye color which the silver and golden Persians
are the only ones with this green or blue-green eye color among persians.
Most silver and golden breeders will not breed Himalayans in their
lines as well. Our persians don't have Himalayans close enough in
our pedigrees to produce a Himalayan and you need both parents to
have this in order to produce one.

OUR TURKISH ANGORAS

Our Turkish Angoras do come in a larger range of colors
compare to our persians but our main focus is shaded silver, shaded
tortoiseshell, silver tabbies and whites. Now remember with whites
you must have a white parent in order to develop a white and at this
time we do have white parents to produced white kittens. But keep
in mind whites are very high demand especially the blue-eyes ones
so a waiting list is possible during concern parts of the year. As
to our silvers and tortoiseshells we do have a range of colors and
shades but mostly in silvers since it's our focus. Here are some color
descriptions below of what our Turkish Angoras could produce with
some photos attached.

SHADED SILVER: undercoat white. Mantle of black shading
down the sides, face, and tail, becoming paler on the chin, chest,
stomach, and under the tail. Face and legs may have darker shading
than the body. Black outlining on rims of eyes, lips and nose desirable.
Nose leather: brick red. Paw pads: black.

BLUE SHADED SILVER: undercoat white. Mantle of blue
shading down the sides, face, and tail, becoming paler on the chin,
chest, stomach, and under the tail. Face and legs may have darker
shading than the body. Blue outlining on rims of eyes, lips and nose
desirable. Nose leather: rose. Paw pads: blue or rose.

SHADED CAMEO (red shaded): undercoat white. Mantle
of red shading down the sides, face, and tail, becoming paler on the
chin, chest, stomach, and under the tail. Face and legs may have darker
shading than the body. Nose leather, rims of eyes and paw pads: rose.

SHADED CREAM CAMEO (cream shaded): undercoat white.
Mantle of cream shading down the sides, face, and tail, becoming paler
on the chin, chest, stomach, and under the tail. Face and legs may
have darker shading than the body. Nose leather, rims of eyes and
paw pads: rose.

SHADED TORTOISESHELL: undercoat white. Mantle of
black and red shading down the sides, face and tail, becoming paler
on the chin, chest, stomach, and under the tail. Face and legs may
have darker shading than the body. Nose leather, rims of eyes and
paw pads: rose to black, may also be patched.

Like the whites explain earlier you must have a bi-color
in order to produce more bi-colors. There are three types of bi-colors
low bi-colors (see middle cat) meaning low white showing on the legs
or just toes of the cat, medium bi-colors (see left cat) meaning medium
white showing on all the understand of the cat including the chest
and high bi-colors (see right cat) mostly white with patches of colors.
The degree of white on a kitten will depend on the level of white
the parents have or in their pedigree but most cases we breeders have
very little control over of how much white we want on a kitten. When
you look at a bi-color cat you think you are seeing a white cat with
patches of color when actually it's the other way around. When a kitten
is still in the womb they develop their color first being red, black,
silver, cameo, blue, or cream and then at the final stages of the
color genetics the white gene again is like bleach would start at
the belly and then work it's way up the body starting with the legs
and feet then around the chest area. Again it depends on mother nature
to decide how much little or lot of white she wants on each kitten.
You can have kittens in the same litter with bi-colors that are not
bi-colors as well.

Now you seen some of the patterns and samples of our
Turkish Angoras. Let us explain some of the color genetics of how
these colors are produced in the cats.

Color Wheel of reds(cameos) and blacks(silvers) and
the dilute colors meaning blues and creams varies. Just follow the
chart and you will have a better understanding of cat colors.

To determine the color of a shaded or smoke cat consider
only the color of the tipping:

Based on this chart it's easy to figure what color kittens
will be depending base on the color of the parents.

Now you have a better understanding of the color wheel.
We hope this was helpful in what colors you are looking for and when
you talk to breeders. If you still have some questions please feel
free to ask us for more information.